I am currently doing up the new PPOR. Got several quotes for built-in-robes and decided on one guy. He had to order the stock in for me and made an appointment to come another day to install.
All going well, until he asks if I have the money for him. Yes, no problem I say. He tells me the price, which is more than what I was quoted. I say you wrote it down for me and I have it here. He looks at it & says, well, if I wrote it down, then I'll have to do it for that price, but that is much less than what I charge. You will have to pay me cash.
I actually had that amount in cash on me, as we are doing quite a bit of work on this place, so I say that's fine, but I will need a receipt. Well, didn't the you-know-what hit the fan. He didn't want to give me a receipt because he's not going to be claiming it, nor is he going to be paying GST. I say I don't care what you are doing with your Accounting, but if you want to get paid, then you will give me a receipt.
He reluctantly scrawls the amount on a piece of paper and signs his name. He refused to write his name OR his Business Name because he might get caught. Stupid man forgot that he had given me his Business Card earlier, so I attached that to it.
Then I get quotes for some cement. Most of them give me two prices. The funniest one was a quote for around $6400k. I tell him that it was a bit expensive compared to other quotes I had been given, which it was. He graciously says he will knock the $400 off for cash as he won't have to pay the GST. Now, I might be a bit slow sometimes, but $400 doesn't come near to the GST component. If I am not mistaken the GST would be around $580 (I don't have my calculator on me, so can't work it out exactly), so he would profit by an additional $180 by doing a cash job as well as the income tax he wouldn't be paying on the profit.
The guy I eventually get to do the job gave a price. He didn't appear to be one of the dodgy ones as he didn't mention anything about cash jobs, avoiding the GST, etc. He comes, starts the job, then when he is nearly ready to pack up for the day asks how I intend to pay him. I tell him I will draw a cheque. "Oh, well I'll have to add 10% GST then" he says. I said that I was not told that, and he says that, yes, he always mentions that his price is cash, so he certainly did mention it.
By this time I am fuming. I ring Hubby & tell him he can deal with it. I've had enough! I am sick of people trying to rip me off!
Anyway, I get Hubby to deal with it. I don't know what he said, but apparently it is alright now. I still have to pay some in cash, but I will get a receipt for the full amount.
Are all self employed Tradies this bad. I am totally outraged that it is so rampant. How do they get away with it?
I've got the car-port guy coming next week. I hope that one goes smoothly.
All going well, until he asks if I have the money for him. Yes, no problem I say. He tells me the price, which is more than what I was quoted. I say you wrote it down for me and I have it here. He looks at it & says, well, if I wrote it down, then I'll have to do it for that price, but that is much less than what I charge. You will have to pay me cash.
I actually had that amount in cash on me, as we are doing quite a bit of work on this place, so I say that's fine, but I will need a receipt. Well, didn't the you-know-what hit the fan. He didn't want to give me a receipt because he's not going to be claiming it, nor is he going to be paying GST. I say I don't care what you are doing with your Accounting, but if you want to get paid, then you will give me a receipt.
He reluctantly scrawls the amount on a piece of paper and signs his name. He refused to write his name OR his Business Name because he might get caught. Stupid man forgot that he had given me his Business Card earlier, so I attached that to it.
Then I get quotes for some cement. Most of them give me two prices. The funniest one was a quote for around $6400k. I tell him that it was a bit expensive compared to other quotes I had been given, which it was. He graciously says he will knock the $400 off for cash as he won't have to pay the GST. Now, I might be a bit slow sometimes, but $400 doesn't come near to the GST component. If I am not mistaken the GST would be around $580 (I don't have my calculator on me, so can't work it out exactly), so he would profit by an additional $180 by doing a cash job as well as the income tax he wouldn't be paying on the profit.
The guy I eventually get to do the job gave a price. He didn't appear to be one of the dodgy ones as he didn't mention anything about cash jobs, avoiding the GST, etc. He comes, starts the job, then when he is nearly ready to pack up for the day asks how I intend to pay him. I tell him I will draw a cheque. "Oh, well I'll have to add 10% GST then" he says. I said that I was not told that, and he says that, yes, he always mentions that his price is cash, so he certainly did mention it.
By this time I am fuming. I ring Hubby & tell him he can deal with it. I've had enough! I am sick of people trying to rip me off!
Anyway, I get Hubby to deal with it. I don't know what he said, but apparently it is alright now. I still have to pay some in cash, but I will get a receipt for the full amount.
Are all self employed Tradies this bad. I am totally outraged that it is so rampant. How do they get away with it?
I've got the car-port guy coming next week. I hope that one goes smoothly.